Fear Of A Black Planet [LP][Explicit]

Rating

Album: Fear Of A Black Planet [LP][Explicit]
#	Song Title		Time
	Disc 1
1)	Contract On the World Love Jam	More Info...	0:01
2)	Brothers Gonna Work It Out	More Info...	0:05
3)	911 Is a Joke	More Info...	0:03
4)	Incident at 66.6 FM	More Info...	0:01
5)	Welcome to the Terrordome	More Info...	0:05
6)	Meet the G That Killed Me	More Info...
7)	Pollywanacraka	More Info...	0:04
8)	Anti-nigger Machine	More Info...	0:02
9)	Burn Hollywood Burn	More Info...	0:03
10)	Power to the People	More Info...	0:03
11)	Who Stole the Soul?	More Info...	0:04
12)	Fear of a Black Planet	More Info...	0:03
13)	Revolutionary Generation	More Info...	0:05
14)	Can't Do Nuttin' for Ya Man	More Info...	0:02
15)	Reggie Jax	More Info...	0:01
16)	Leave This Off Your Fuckin Charts	More Info...	0:02
17)	B Side Wins Again	More Info...	0:03
18)	War at 33 1/3	More Info...	0:02
19)	Final Count of the Collision Between Us and the Damned	More Info...
20)	Fight the Power	More Info...	0:04

Album: Fear Of A Black Planet [LP][Explicit]
#	Song Title		Time
	Disc 1
1)	Contract On the World Love Jam	More Info...	0:01
2)	Brothers Gonna Work It Out	More Info...	0:05
3)	911 Is a Joke	More Info...	0:03
4)	Incident at 66.6 FM	More Info...	0:01
5)	Welcome to the Terrordome	More Info...	0:05
6)	Meet the G That Killed Me	More Info...
7)	Pollywanacraka	More Info...	0:04
8)	Anti-nigger Machine	More Info...	0:02
9)	Burn Hollywood Burn	More Info...	0:03
10)	Power to the People	More Info...	0:03
11)	Who Stole the Soul?	More Info...	0:04
12)	Fear of a Black Planet	More Info...	0:03
13)	Revolutionary Generation	More Info...	0:05
14)	Can't Do Nuttin' for Ya Man	More Info...	0:02
15)	Reggie Jax	More Info...	0:01
16)	Leave This Off Your Fuckin Charts	More Info...	0:02
17)	B Side Wins Again	More Info...	0:03
18)	War at 33 1/3	More Info...	0:02
19)	Final Count of the Collision Between Us and the Damned	More Info...
20)	Fight the Power	More Info...	0:04

Performer Notes

Public Enemy: Chuck D [Carlton Ridenhour]; Flavor Flav (vocals); Terminator X (scratches); Professor Griff, Brother James I, Agent Attitude, James Bomb, Brother Mike.
Additional personnel: Ice Cube, Big Daddy Kane (vocals); Branford Marsalis (saxophone); Paul Shabazz (programming); Wizard K-Jee (scratches).
Engineers include: Rod Hui, Chris Shaw, Kirk Yano.
Recorded at Greene Street Recording, New York, New York; The Music Palace, West Hempstead and Spectrum City Studios, Long Island, New York.
If Public Enemy's two previous albums had ruffled feathers, Fear Of A Black Planet set out its stall to exploit mainstream fears. Again, the title spoke volumes. This time they raged just as hard, but their political consciousness had grown. Professor Griff had been ejected from the band for his anti-Semitic stance, and much of the album's atmosphere is created by the bunker mentality of resultant clashes with the press. The siege mentality only underscores the group's hard-nosed, cut-and-paste sample technique and the eloquence of Chuck D. 'Fight The Power' still bites harder than just about any other track in rap's history.

Professional Reviews

Rolling Stone (5/13/99, p.70) - Included in Rolling Stone's "Essential Recordings of the 90's."

Rolling Stone (5/17/90) - 4 Stars - Excellent - "...Public Enemy has never aimed for anything less than a comprehensive view of contemporary black America...FEAR OF A BLACK PLANET complements this ambition with stunning maturity and sophistication..."

Spin (9/99, p.116) - Ranked #2 in Spin Magazine's "90 Greatest Albums of the '90s."

Entertainment Weekly - "...most powerful rap group..." - Rating: A

Q (12/99, p.68) - Included in Q Magazine's "90 Best Albums Of The 1990s."

Q (2/91) - 4 Stars - Excellent - Recommended by Q as one of the five best rap albums of 1990 and ranked as one of the Fifty Best Albums of 1990. - "...scalding attack on white supremacy..."

Q (9/95, p.132) - 5 Stars - "...achieved the near impossible by being every bit as good as its predecessor. The music was Public Enemy's now-familiar scream but was augmented with a percussive tinge that reflected the ever greater Afrocentricity..."

Melody Maker (7/22/95, p.35) - Bloody Essential - "...slower, denser...funky. And it was a masterpiece....It's beyond perfect, built like a platinum beehive and stuffed with cordite--The Bomb Squad's last hands-on job for PE before they took on the task of...Ice Cube..."

NME (Magazine) (10/2/93, p.29) - Ranked #37 in NME's list of the `Greatest Albums Of All Time.'

NME (Magazine) (7/15/95, p.47) - 10 (out of 10) - "...where do you go once you've made the greatest hip-hop album ever? Unbelievably, you consolidate that with an equally splendid follow-up....This time the sounds were softened slightly with flashes of `real' instrumentation but the content remained as astonishingly tough and intelligent as before..."